Dubai Tram service suspended after vehicle collision

The RTA deployed pubic buses between stations to help tram riders in their commute

By Bernd Debusmann Jr

Wed 11 Jul 2018 10:50 AM

Dubai Tram service between Dubai Marina and Palm Jumeirah Stations was suspended on Wednesday morning after a vehicle crashed into the side of a tram’s coach, according to the emirate’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA).

On Twitter, the RTA said a technical team had been dispatched to remove the vehicle and was “working to restore the tram service back to normal as soon as possible.”

The Roads and Transport Authority announces that the Tram service between Dubai Marina and Palm Jumeirah Stations is being suspended due to a vehicle crashing into the side of a tram’s coach.— RTA (@RTA_Dubai) July 11, 2018

While service was restored, the RTA said it was “deploying public buses to commute tram riders between the stations impacted by the service disruption.”

The technical team of the RTA and Dubai is removing the vehicle and working to restore the tram service back to normal as soon as possible.— RTA (@RTA_Dubai) July 11, 2018

Earlier in 2018, the RTA announced that the tram had transported over 6 million riders in 2017, compared to 5.4 million in 2016.

Meanwhile, the RTA is deploying public buses to commute tram riders between the stations impacted by the service disruption.— RTA (@RTA_Dubai) July 11, 2018